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J. VAN BUREN.

Wheel Cultivator. No. 235,593, Patented Dec.1 4., 1880.

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ATTORNEY U NPEIERS, Pnurmumocnmmzn WASHINGTON o G UNITED STATES PATENT Trice.

JOHN VAN BUREN, OF HONEOYE, NEW YORK.

WHEEL-CULTIVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,593, dated December 14, 1880.

ApplicationfiledAugust18,1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN VAN BUREN, oi Honeoye, in the county of Ontario and State of New York, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Two-Horse Wheel-Cultivators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a side view of this invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are details. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the hub, showing the flange'on the inner end thereof and the groove between the flange and spoke-sockets.

This invention has relation to \vheel-cu1tivators; and it consists in the improved features of construction and combination herein-. after fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the four-piece frame, composed of two transverse bars, B, to which the shovelstandards 0 are bolted, and two oblique bars, 0, which diverge from each other from front to rear, their rear ends, at, extending outward sufficiently for the attachment of standards I) for shovels c, which are designed to follow the wheels and cover the wheel-marks, so that all the surface-earth of the field will be in loose form. These oblique beams U are provided with recesses d, cut in their under sides-to receive the ends of the transverse beams B, which fit neatly in these recesses, their outer extremities abutting against the outer walls, 0, of said recesses, as shown. In this manner the frame is made very firm and strong when the pieces are bolted together, while it is of simple construction.

D I) represent the side irons, having outer faces, f, parallel with the wheels, and oblique grooves g in the body portion, in which the oblique edges of the side bars, 0, are received, these edges being cutaway somewhat, so as to abut against the ends of the side irons at h and prevent endwise motion. The side irons are secured to the framing by means of bolts k passing through the flanges l, which extend under the oblique beams. These side irons are easily cast and readily applied. They are provided with spindles m, extendingoutward from the face flanges or cheeks f, and serving to receive the bearings n of the axle-levers.

E E designate the axle-levers or wheel-adjusting arms, which are'somewhat angular in form,bein g made with broad bearin gs p, which are designed to work against the cheeks f of the side irons and brace the levers in any position. Each lever is provided with a perforated lug, q, for a spring-pin, designed to engage with one of the adjustment-notches of the upper arched edge, 1", of the cheek of the side iron, and serving to secure the lever in position.

The lower end of each lever is provided with a spindle, s, and with a hood, it, around said spindle, but separated from it a short distance by a flat face, a, against which works the inner face of the flange c of the hub 1 From this flange the hub slopes outward toward the hood-wall, and an oblique groove, w, is formed, which is designed to throw the dirt which may get upon the hub outward toward the hood, whereby it is guided. downward and discharged through a breakfl, in its lower portion. This hub is designed to conduct the dirt away from the axle, and the hood serves to keep off much of the dirt, as well as to gather and discharge it, should any enter within its compass.

I am well aware that it is not new to provide oblique frame-beams for cultivator-s, and that angle-levers are common for the adjustment ofcultivator-wheels; hence I do not claim such devices, broadly.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

. In a wheel-cultivator, the combination, with the oblique side bar, 0, of the obliquelygrooved side iron, D, engaging the outer edge of said side bar, and having the broad cheektlange f extending parallel with the wheel, spindle m, and supporting-flange Z, extending under said side bar and bolted thereto, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN VAN BUEEN. Witnesses:

JEDEDIAH BRIGGS, GEORGE E. BATOHELOR. 

